Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Oriel College?First Introduction To Newman- Election To Fellowship?Early Estimate Of Pusey?Dr. Lloyd’s Lectures?Latin Essay Prize. 1823-1824. ‘ Ed ascoltava i lor sermoni. Che a poetar mi davano intelletto.’ Purg. xxii. 128. NEARLY a year before taking his degree Pusey had thought of standing for a Fellowship at Oriel. An Oriel Fellowship was at that time the greatest distinction in Oxford that could be won by competition; and in 1823 the list of Fellows comprised the most distinguished names of the University. Since 1814 Dr. Copleston, afterwards Bishop of Llandaff, had been Provost. Davison, Hampden, Arnold, had only recently ceased to be Fellows. Whately, Keble, Tyler, Hawkins, Dornford, Awdry, Jelf, were on the list. Newman was in his year of probation. For an undergraduate who had not yet taken his degree to aspire to a place in such a society might have well seemed audacious. But the idea was first suggested to him by a strong wish to know Mr. Keble, whose character even then inspired a strange reverence and love far beyond the circle of his immediate acquaintance. Mr. Keble while residing at Oriel was in the habit of spending his Oxford vacations at Fairford, where his father, who was Vicar of the neighbouring parish of Coin St. Aldwin, resided in a house of his own. Fairford had other attractions for Pusey; but it was the scene of his first meeting with Keble. In these matters too young men are apt to be imitative;and the success of R. W. Jelf at the Oriel election of 1821, and John Parker’s intention to stand in the following year, furnished Pusey with a new motive. 11 know not, ‘ he writes to Parker, l whether you are aware that at some far future day I have the intention of standing the same trial [as Jelf and you]. Your success would add…
